Married couple looking to relocate in Plymouth area. (Laconia, Franklin: apartments, rentals) - City-Data Forum

ncvafolks · 03-26-2012, 05:40 PM

One has job offer at PSU. Confused about where to live. Seems that rentals are far and few between. Holderness was one recommendation but seems to be very expensive. Anybody have an idea of reasonable housing cost for 2 bedroom house or condo in the area. Also, someplace that winter travel won't be difficult. We have an AWD and FWD.

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buck naked · 03-26-2012, 06:01 PM

check NNEREN for rentals in that area - there are only two listed in Plymouth and they are in the $800 per month range including electric and heat.

GregW · 03-27-2012, 05:20 AM

Plymouth is a pretty town in a lovely area. Good luck finding a place.

Verseau · 03-29-2012, 10:27 AM

Is cost your only concern? Nothing on the checklist for your ideal town?

You shouldn't have to worry about winter travel unless you choose an isolated property on an infrequently maintained dirt road. Otherwise, the roads here are very well-maintained in the winter.

Have you checked for rentals on craigslist? If you can't find something in Plymouth, expand your search to Ashland, Campton, and Rumney - Ashland would be my first choice of the three. Holderness tends to be expensive because it is surrounded by lakes and is popular with second home owners, vacationers, and retirees.

brk330 · 04-02-2012, 05:38 PM

I lived in that area for quite awhile. One couple I know that work at PSU lived in Plymouth for a bit then went on to Meredith. Plymouth is a great town that is basically a bike path and a microbrewery away from being the coolest New England mountain town around.
Plymouth (and a lot of Ashland) housing has been taken over by college slumlords, most of the nice old residential houses in town have been cut up into apartments. When I moved to the area I looked at a lot of absolute dumps. I ended up in Upper Campton Village, which I very much liked and still miss.
Lower Campton Village I would do, but not West Campton or Campton Hollow. Thornton does not have much town to speak of, very woodsy. Ashland (aka Trashland) is nice but the few apartments I saw there were nasty. Rumney (aka Slumney) Village I like, Stinson Lake is beautiful but creepy and the road in between is dicey. Wentworth Village is cute but far. Holderness is very nice if you can afford it, Meredith also but summer traffic is bad. Bristol is aching with cuteness and potential but is somehow dying, same with Franklin and Laconia.
For Winter travel you just need to stay near a main road. Even then some of the "main" roads, Route 118 being the prime example, are torturous in winter with frost heaves.

GregW · 04-03-2012, 04:54 AM

I suggest you look in Plymouth to rent. Then spend a winter (real winter, not last year's) before you find a permenant place. In any case stay south of Franconia Notch. The Notch can get some really bad winter weather.

NHForester · 04-04-2012, 09:52 AM

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Bristol is aching with cuteness and potential but is somehow dying, same with Franklin and Laconia.

I would dispute this.

New library expansion.
Downtown revitalization including Bristol Square re-work and new water/sewer infrastructure. The "Mica Building" is now gone and will be a riverside park. Well used bike path with small park at start, near river. Looking to extend the Franklin to Profile Falls bike path up in to Bristol along the old railbed at the river's edge. Don't count us out.

Verseau · 04-04-2012, 10:13 AM

I agree - Bristol isn't "booming" by any means, but it's ahead of Laconia and especially Franklin in many respects.

unit731 · 04-04-2012, 02:49 PM

Plymouth and all of the surrounding towns are very rural. So just take a map of area. Figure out how far you are willing to travel. Then look in each town.

The further west from Route 93 may be less expensive as east of Route 93 is the Lakes Region - where rents may be higher because of proximity of the associated recreation.

Some of the smaller towns barely have a fire station, police station, and maybe a convenience store/gas station. Dorchester (NH) has none of any.

brk330 · 04-06-2012, 05:36 AM

Good to hear Bristol is doing better, it's a beautiful town.
To the OP: you can search classifieds on the Plymouth Record Enterprise and the Pennysaver.
There are nice condos off 175 in Thornton that are modern and well kept, there are rentals there from time to time. Forgot the name, something generic like River Mountain Valley Meadow Vista View. Also some nice ones on the golf course in Ashland.